How did Hitler and Stalin retained control over their Governments?

Hitler brainwashed most the people and the rest lived in fear. As for Stalin, he had the entire Russian nation living in fear of being banished to Siberia

Joe C is quite wrong . Germans and Russians owned plenty of guns.

Stalin and Hitler controlled their populations through a mixture of propaganda and terror.

Their governments spent a huge amount of money on very effective propaganda and modern governments have learnt a great deal from them.

Hitler's Minister of Propaganda , Josef Goebbels, said that "A lie told once remains a lie but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth".

Bush used this method for his attack on Iraq and there are many Americans even today who believe that Saddam Hussein had some responsibility for the attack on the World Trade Centre.

The other method they used was terror with police spies in every area of life and torture and death for those who were suspected of opposing the government.

By taking away guns from honest citizens within the population, just as slave owners prevented Blacks from owning them in the southern U.S.

It's a way of gaining complete power and control, rendering the people helpless.

Hillary will likely do the same if she's elected, and this will probably be one of her first agendas, along with eliminating the First Amendment of free speech, and other rights.

In a sense, I'd rather do business with Hitler or Stalin. At least they're more honest, in my opinion.

Eric and Selentic said it well,

Some conspiracy theorists compare our media's continued hype, of terrorists and terrorism, to the propaganda of Stalin and (mainly) Hitler. We need a common enemy to convince ourselves that the government is justified in taking away our liberties in the best interest of our safety.

Of course, in our country's case, that is just a theory born by those that chose to doubt most anything that spews from the mouths of those we elect to lead us. If we continue to let our government take away our liberties in the interest of our "safety," it will be soon that we find ourselves without said freedoms.

If you mean after WW II, Hitler didn't, because as everyone knows he committed suicide at the very end.

Stalin on the other hand retained control, until the end of his life, when he supposedly died of natural causes.

Does this answer your question?

Hitler harnessed the people's hatred. Stalin harnessed their fear.

Both were masters of propaganda and political manipulation.

1. disarm the public (first thing every dictator does)

2. promote fear, convince people they need their government

3. convince the public that things are going great thanks to government.

4. forcibly deal with anyone left in your way

Hitler, Stalin, Castro, Bush, Clinton, "Pol Pot", etc.